Jess Ekstrom

Chief Creative Officer at Mic Drop Workshop, Founder of Headbands of Hope, Bestselling Author of "Chasing the Bright Side" & "Create Your Bright Ideas"

Nadia Lopez

Founding Principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy; Best-Selling Author; STEAM & Mental Health Advocate

Ric O'Barry

Wildlife Activist, Author & Founder of the Dolphin Project; Star of the Academy Award-Winning Documentary "The Cove"

Marc Brackett

Director at Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Richard Lui

Journalist, Anchor of NBC News' "Early Today Show" & Author of "Enough About Me"

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Avi Rubin

Professor of Computer Science & Technical Director of the Information Security Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Dave Ridley

Operating Partner for People and Leadership at Riata Capital Group & Former Senior VP and CMO at Southwest Airlines

Ai-jen Poo

Co-founder of National Domestic Workers Alliance; Director of Caring Across Generations, Co-founder of Supermajority

Shelby Steele

Expert on Race Relations

Louie Psihoyos

Photographer & Documentary Film Director Known for the Academy Award-Winning Documentary "The Cove"

Celine Cousteau

Environmental Activist, Storyteller & Author

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Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Mildred Muhammad

Certified Consultant with the US Dept. of Justice Office for Victims of Crime; Domestic Abuse Survivor & Activist; Bestselling Author

John Register

Paralympic Silver Medalist, Desert Storm Veteran & Change Management Expert; 2024 Top Global Leadership Speaker

Anton J. Gunn

Motivational Leadership Speaker, Author & Healthcare Expert

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga

Professor, Author, Rapper, Passionate International Speaker on Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion

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Thomas Kolditz

Retired Brigadier General, Professor at Yale School of Management, Behavioral Psychologist & Extreme Leadership Expert

Max Siegel

CEO of US Track & Field, Owner of NASCAR team "Rev Racing" Leader of NASCAR's DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY program

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Peter W. Singer

Technology & Security Futurist; New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Tim Porter-O'Grady

Expert in Healthcare Fields of Governance Models, Clinical Leadership, Innovation and Health Futures

Robert Muggah

Specialist in Smart and Green Cities, Geopolitics, Public Safety, and Cybersecurity; Co-Founder of Social Policy Think Tank Igarapé Institute & The SecDev Group

Margaret Spellings

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Jennifer Bradley

Founding Director of the Center for Urban Innovation at the Aspen Institute

Bruce Katz

Vice President and Founding Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution

Scott Simon

NPR "Weekend Edition" Host

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Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, MA, CPH

President, American Public Health Association (APHA); Director, Public Health Leadership & Practice at University of South Florida

Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

Kevin Martin

Former FCC Executive; Current Mobile and Internet Policy Advisor at Facebook

David de Rothschild

Environmentalist, Adventurer & Founder of Sculpt the Future Foundation

Pardis Sabeti

Infectious Disease Expert & Professor at Harvard University